Spring-gun



Patented Aug. I2, I902. W. H. PEASE.

SPRING GUN.

(Application filed Feb 10, 190

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SPRING GUN.

(Application file'd Feb. 10, 1802.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

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U IT D STATES WILLIAM HENRY 'IEASE, or JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

SPRING -GUN.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters iatcnt N o. 707,000,d'ated August12, 1902. Application filedI'ehruary 10, lilOZ. Serial No. 93,361. (Nomodel.)

Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Spring-Gun, of which thefollowing is a full,

clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a device for throwing a projectile by thepower ofa rubber band or other elastic structure. It is useful in manyconnections, as will be apparent, and it is especially intended forusein playing a game which I have devised and named high ball.

This specification is an exact description of one example of myinvention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is asection on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectionalelevation of the fork.

a indicates the barrel or body of the gun, which may be of any lengthdesired, according to the purpose to which the device is put. Thisdevice isprovided with a handle a at its inner end and a handle a at apoint intermediate its ends, so that the gun may be held in both handsand aimed in the usual manner. The barrel a is formed (see Fig. 3) witha cavity a at its rear end,'and mounted over this part of the barrel isa breech-block 5, having a cavity b, registering with the cavity aLocated in these cavities a and b are two plates 0, forming a case, andfastened between these plates 0 within the easing is a stud c; On thisstud is pivoted an inverted channel-iron keeper d, the pivot being atthe rear end of the keeper, so that the keeper may swing upward from theposition shown by full lines inFig. i to that illustrated by dottedlines. The keeper is provided at its front end with a stud or tongue d,which is adapted to engage a stop-post e, fastened in the. breech-block7) just forward of the cavity 1). The stop-post e is provided with acavity e in its upper end, and in this cavity the tongue (1 is adaptedto fit when the keeper is in operative position.

Pivotally connected with the keeper d is a link f, which extendsdownward and is pivoted to a trigger-arm f This triggerearm is pivotedwithin the casing formed by the plates 0, the pivot being at the rearend of the trigger-arm, and the front end of the triggerarm is formedwith a rounding surface f and a square surface f for cooperation withthe trigger g. This trigger is pivoted within the casing o and projectsdownward along side of the handle a. The inner or upper end ofthetrigger g is formed with a rounding hook g. f indicates a spring tendingto throw upward the trigger-arm f, and g indicates a spring tending tothrow backward the upper end of the trigger. When the parts are in theposition shown by full lines in Fig. 3, the trigger g will hold thekeeper (1 in active position; but when the trigger is pulled rearwardthe hook g is disengaged from the arm f and the spring f is allowed tothrow the keeper upward. To return the parts to locked position, thekeeper (1 should be pulled downward. This will throw-down the arm f andcause its curved surface f to ride over the rounding hook g ofthetrigger g and throw the trigger back, so that the hook thereof mayagain engage the square surface f of the armf.

At the front end of the barrel 0. a collar h is fastened by a set-screwi, this set-screw being provided with an enlarged flattened head '5,preferably circular in form and adapted not only to permit the easymanipulation of the set-screw t',.but also to furnish a part to ,beengaged by the foot of the operator to facilitate the setting -orloadingof the gun, as will be fully'explained hereinafter. The collar itcarries two oppositely-projecting arms h, these parts it and h formingthe fork of the gun and the arms h terminating in upwardly-projectedextremities 72, Mounted loosely on the extremities 71, of the arms h aresleeves 7L3, held in place by set-screws and washers h. indicates arubber band or other elastic structure. This band is preferably formedof an integral section of material bent at its middle, so that its endportions may be engaged with the fork of the gun.

This engagement is effected by means of leather or other strips passedaround the sleeves k and fastened to the ends of the band It. Theintermediate or bent portion of the band It is adapted to be drawnbackward is fastened on top of the barrel a, directly in 1 front' of thebreech-block b, and '12 indicates the ball or projectile which is thrownfrom the gun, the table-block m serving as a rest for the ball when thegun is loaded.

In operating the device it is more convenient to point the barreldownward and place one foot on the head i of the set-screw t. Then bygrasping the band 70 it may be drawn backward and the cord Z engagedwith the stop-post 6. Then the keeper 01 should be thrown downward andthe projectile n placed on the table-block m, whereupon the gun is readyfor firing. The projectile may be thrown into the air at any angle, andowing to the mechanism provided the parts may be quickly and effectivelyoperated and the projectile carefully aimed at the desired point.

The device is especially adapted for throwing a ball high into the airand causing it to take an arching course.

Various changes in the form and details of my invention may be resortedto at will without departing from the spirit of my invention. Hence Iconsider myself entitled to all forms of the invention as may lie withinthe intent of my claims.

Having thus. described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent.

1. A spring-gun, comprising a barrel or body, projecting devices, a forkon the barrel and connected to theprojecting devices, the fork having acollar fitted on the barrel to mount it, and a set-screw working in thecollar, and having an enlarged head forming a foothold for facilitatingthe settingoperation.

2. A spring-gun, comprising a barrel or body, a fork attached to the endthereof, sleevesmounted loosely on the ends of the fork, an elasticstructure connected to the sleeves, and fastening devices entered intothe ends of the fork and having portions lying over the sleeves to holdthem in place.

3. A spring-gun, comprising a barrel or body, a collar mounted thereon,means for fastening the collar in place, said means also having aprojected portion serving as a foothold in setting the gun, arms carriedby the collar, said collar and arms forming a fork, sleeves mountedloosely on the ends of the arms, an elastic structure connected to thesleeves, and means for releasably holding the elastic structure.

4. A springgun, comprising a barrel or body, an elastic structureconnected with the end portion of the body, a stop on the other endportion of the body, a keeper for holding the elastic structure engagedwith the stop, and devices for actuating the keeper, the said stephaving a rounding surface with a cavity therein, and the keeper having atongue working in the cavity in the manner specified.

5. A spring-gun, comprising'a barrel or body, an elastic structureconnected with one end portion of the body, a stop on the other endportion of the body, a keeper for holding the elastic structure engagedwith the stop, devices for actuating the keeper, the said actuatingdevices comprising a triggerarm connected with the keeper, a triggerreleasably holding the trigger-arm, and a spring connected with theparts and tending to release the keeper.

6. A spring-gun, comprising a barrel or body, an elastic structureconnected with one end portion of the body, a stop on the other endportion of the body, a keeper for holding the elastic structure engagedwith the stop, devices for actuating the keeper, the said actuatingdevice comprising a triggerarm, a link connecting said arm with thekeeper, a spring tending to release the keeper, and a trigger releasablyengaging the triggerarm.

7. A spring-gun, comprising a barrel or body, an elastic structureconnected with one end portion of the body, a stop on the other endportion of the body, a keeper for holding the elastic structure engagedwith the stop, devices for actuating the keeper, the said actuatingdevice comprising a triggerarm, a link connecting said arm with thekeeper, a spring tending to release the keeper, and a trigger releasablyengaging the trigger-arm, the trigger-arm having a rounding endterminating in a square portion and the trigger having a hook coactingwith the rounding end and square portion of the trigger.

8. A spring-gun, having a body part with a cavity therein, an elasticstructure connected with the body part, casing-plates fitted in thecavity in the body to form a chamber between them, and means forreleasablyholding the elastic structure, said means including theinverted channel-iron keeper arranged on the top edges of thecasing-plates, and the actuating devices arranged within said chamber.

9. A spring-gun having a body, an elastic structure, means forreleasably holding said structure and actuating devices for said means,the actuating devices comprising a trigger-arm, a connection between thetriggerarm and the said holding means, a trigger working with thetrigger-arm, and a spring actuating the parts normally to release theholding means.

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10. A spring-gun havinga body, an elastic tion, and the trigger having ahook coacting structure, means for releasably holding said with saidrounding surface and square part structure and actuating devices forsaid of the trigger-arm. means, the actuating devices comprising a Intestimony whereof I have signed my 5 trigger-arm, aconnection betweenthe triggername to this specification in the presence of 15 arm and thesaid holding means, a trigger two subscribing witnesses.

working with the trigger-arm, and a spring WILLIAM HENRY PEASE.actuating the parts normally to release the Witnesses: holding means,the trigger-arm having a H. O. WILLIAMS,

:0 rounding surface terminatinginasquare por- 1 CHAS. G. PEARCE.

